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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Publisher's site:
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2101.140256
Personal Author:
Gamougam, Kadidja ; Daugla, Doumagoum M. ; Toralta, Jacques ; Ngadoua, Cyriaque ; Fermon, Florence ; ... More +
Gamougam, Kadidja ; Daugla, Doumagoum M. ; Toralta, Jacques ; Ngadoua, Cyriaque ; Fermon, Florence ; Page, Anne-Laure ; Djingarey, Mamoudou H. ; Caugant, Dominique A. ; Manigart, Olivier ; Trotter, Caroline L. ; Stuart, James M. ; Greenwood, Brian M. Less -
Description:
In 2011, vaccination with a serogroup A meningococcal polysaccharide conjugate vaccine was implemented in 3 of 23 regions in Chad. Cases of meningitis declined dramatically in vaccinated areas, but an epidemic continued in the rest of Chad. In 2012, the remaining Chad population was vaccinated, and the epidemic was halted.
Subjects:
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Adolescent Adult Child Child, Preschool Humans Infant Meningitis, Meningococcal Meningococcal Vaccines Vaccination Young Adult
Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 21(1):115-118.
Document Type:
Journal Article
Place as Subject:
Chad
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
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